'I sweated until the end' SSG caught Doosan and blocked the sweep.
Aug 11, 2024
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SSG won 11-9 against the Doosan Bears in Game 15 of the season at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 11th. With this victory, SSG recently escaped three consecutive losses, and Doosan failed to continue its winning streak. The gap between Doosan and SSG in fourth place has again narrowed to 2.5 games.
▶Doosan's starting lineup = Jung Soo-bin (center fielder), Kang Seung-ho (second baseman), Jarrod (right fielder), Yang Eui-ji (designated hitter), Yang Seok-hwan (first baseman), Kim Jae-hwan (left fielder), Heo Kyung-min (third baseman), Kim Ki-yeon (captor), Jeon Min-jae (striker) starting pitcher Kwak Bin
▶SSG starting lineup =Jihoon Choi(center fielder)-Jung Joon-jae(second baseman)-Choi Jeong(third baseman)-Eredia(left fielder)-Hanyu Island(designated hitter)-Park Sung-han(fighter)-Kim Min-sik(catcher)-Ha Jae-hoon(right fielder)-Jeon Ui-san(first baseman) starter Oh Won-seok
The two teams had a hot batting battle in the early stages. Doosan opened the door first. In the top of the second inning, leadoff hitter Yang Eui-ji's walk and Kim Jae-hwan's right-handed hit after one out provided a chance for first and second bases with one out. Doosan scored the first run when No. 7 hitter Huh Kyung-min hit a two-run timely double to left-center. Kim Ki-yeon then called in Heo Kyung-min, who was at second base, with an RBI timely hit. Doosan took a 3-0 lead.
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It wasn't the end. Jihoon Choi's timely hit tied the game 3-3. Second batter Jung Joon-jae added a single, creating another runner's first and second base chances. Choi Jung, the third batter, brought in both runners with a timely double to the right-center, and SSG succeeded in turning the tables 5-3 at once.
Doosan chased SSG to the bottom of its chin with Jarrod Young's home run. In the absence of a one-out runner, Jared faced SSG starter Oh Won-seok. He hit a 143-km fastball for the second time in 1B and hit a solo home run to the left. Doosan chased by one point.
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There are no two outrunners. This time, even the Jihoon Choi burst. As No. 1 hitter Jihoon Choi added a solo home run to the left against Doosan's second pitcher Lee Kyo-hoon, SSG led 9-4 with four runs in the bottom of the third inning with three home runs.
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SSG's 9-5, 4-point lead. a quiet attack between the two teams. Doosan faced a bases-loaded chance with two outs in the top of the sixth inning, but Jared's ball was thrown out foul of the third baseman, and SSG ran further in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Jihoon Choi's walk after one out and Jung Joon-jae's sacrifice bunt. Pitcher Kwon Hwi caught the ball and threw it to first base, which became a bad pitch that escaped far behind. Kim Jihoon Choi, who was heading from first base to second base, immediately turned third base and dug home, and in the meantime, hitter Jung Joon-jae entered second base.
SSG ran away by six points as Herredia added an RBI timely hit in Doosan's changed pitcher Kim Yoo-sung's wild pitch and Choi Jeong's walk on the first and third bases.
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SSG, which failed to score an additional point in the last attack in the bottom of the eighth inning, went into defense. Cho Byung-hyun, who finished in the top of the ninth inning, took the mound. Cho Byung-hyun allowed a hit to leadoff hitter Huh Kyung-min, facing a no-out runner on-base crisis. He sent a runner on first base to second base with wild pitches, but he passed a big crisis by striking out Kim Ki-yeon and dealing with the next batter, Jeon Min-jae, with an outfield fly on the first pitch. Two outs and runners on second base. Cho Byung-hyun, who faced Jung Soo-bin, ended the game by inducing a fly to right field.
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